Urban Inequality: How to Change It

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Urban Inequality: How to Change It
Dr. Jovanna Rosen, Rutgers University Camden
Robert L. Plavnick Lecture
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Mon, Nov 4
Campbell 153
5PM (ET)
Followed by a reception

Discover tools and strategies for equitable, sustainable, and just cities with Jovanna Rosen, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers University Camden and author of Community Benefits: Developers, Negotiations, and Accountability (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023).

In Community Benefits, Rosen explores a new pattern in urban development: local residents and community representatives leveraging large-scale development projects for agreements that promise dedicated local benefits, such as parks and jobs. While such agreements now exist across the nation, the process of negotiating and enforcing them remains challenging. What works for these agreements to successfully produce community outcomes?

For the lecture, Rosen will share case studies of community benefit agreements and discuss how her research addresses urban inequality more broadly. 

About the Author 

Dr. Jovanna Rosen is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers University Camden whose research focuses on community development, spatial justice, and urban inequality. Her research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including the Annals of the American Association of Geographers, the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Planning Education and Research, Planning Theory, and the Journal of Planning Literature.

LA CES Professional Development: 

This lecture has been approved through the American Society of Landscape Architecture's Continuing Education System (LA CES) for 1.0 Professional Development Hour (PDH).* 

*To receive 1.0 PDH accreditation, attendees must sign an attendance record at the end of the lecture. This opportunity is in-person only. 

For questions, please email Dana Perlson (dlp5h@virginia.edu) Administrative Assistant for the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Supported by the Robert L. Plavnick Endowment and the Public Service Pathways Program, UVA Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach.

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